A candidate for the Park County Commission sought to derail state funding for a new building at Park County Fairgrounds earlier this year by providing state officials a mixture of speculation, rumor and misinformation.

A woman who fished mail and checks out of post office bins around the state — and then forged them into $19,000 worth of personal checks — has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison.

Stefani Ruland, 40, was caught and arrested by Cody police in January as a result of cooperation between several agencies, including the Johnson and Sheridan county sheriff’s offices and the United States Postal Inspection Service.

The candidates for Park County Sheriff took some shots at one another during a Monday night forum in Clark.

Park County Sheriff Scott Steward’s two challengers — Deputy Bruce Olson and former deputy Roger Dunn — said the sheriff’s leadership is lacking, while Steward shot back that they were inventing problems.

The state of Wyoming has given another big boost to a planned multi-use facility for the Park County Fairgrounds.

Gov. Matt Mead, Secretary of State Max Maxfield, State Auditor Cynthia Cloud, Treasurer Mark Gordon and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill unanimously approved an additional $485,391 for the project last week.

Park County officials have cleared the way for the state of Wyoming to begin paying for the education of students living in the northern part of Yellowstone National Park.

The Park County District Boundary Board — made up of the five county commissioners, the assessor and treasurer — voted grudgingly but unanimously June 5 to recommend that the Powell school district be expanded to include the northern part of the park.

The two 12-year-old girls initially told police that, on the night of May 28, they’d fought off a man near Northwest College after he grabbed them and tried to pull them to his truck. On Tuesday, however, the children admitted that hadn’t actually happened, said Powell Police Chief Roy Eckerdt.

After a trickle at the start, the filing period for the primary election closed with a flood of candidates.

Nine Republicans have entered the battle for three Park County Commission seats, three law enforcement professionals will compete to be Park County sheriff, another three contenders are in the mix for Park County clerk and a trio of local legislators have drawn challengers in the Republican primary.